What does childbed mean?

Definitions for childbed
ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛdchildbed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbednoun

    concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

    "she was in labor for six hours"

Wiktionary

  1. childbednoun

    The final stage of pregnancy; confinement

  2. childbednoun

    The bed in which a baby is born

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Childbednoun

    The state of a woman bringing a child, or being in labour.

    Etymology: from child and bed.

    The funerals of prince Arthur, and of queen Elizabeth, who died in childbed in the Tower. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    Pure, as when wash’d from spot of childbed stain. Par. Reg.

    Yet these, tho’ poor, the pain of childbed bear. John Dryden, Juv.

    Let no one be actually married, ’till she hath the childbed pillows. Spect. №. 606.

    Women in childbed are in the case of persons wounded. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

ChatGPT

  1. childbed

    Childbed is a term traditionally used to refer to the period of time during which a woman gives birth and recuperates after delivery. This usually encompasses the time of labor, delivery, and the postpartum period.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Childbednoun

    the state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of childbed in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of childbed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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